Nurse Aide – Medical

Nurse Aide – Medical

Requirements

• Ability to provide compassionate patient-focused care
• Ability to assist nursing staff in providing effective and safe patient care
• Ability to participate in admission, dismissal, and transfer processes
• Ability to monitor patients for safety and privacy
• Ability to complete patient cares and documentation accurately and in a timely manner
• Ability to report safety concerns and health issues to the nurse
• Ability to encourage patient participation in daily activities

Responsibilities

• Completes patient cares and documentation accurately and in a timely manner according to policies, procedures and regulations
• Demonstrates the desire to grow as an employee, team and facility
• Positively supports and contributes to departmental development as evidenced by participating in meetings and training
• Contributes valuable input to the patient’s care planning process as a member of the multidisciplinary team
• Assesses and provides direct resident care needs to residents with supervised personal/rehabilitative cares
• Reports any safety concerns, abnormal parameters, or health concerns of the patient to the nurse
• Encourages the patient to participate in their own activities of daily living and other aspects of the plan of care

Preferred Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED Equivalent in General Studies preferred
• Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) – South Dakota Board of Nursing preferred
• 1+ years of related experience preferred